Libya - May 31, 2011 - 15:03

Sources have told Al Jazeera that clashes have broken out between Libyan opposition fighters and Gaddafi troops, in Bani Waleed, south-east Tripoli, resulting in the death of 13 opposition fighters and 3 Gaddafi soldiers.

Gaddafi troops had killed 9 opposition fighters after they were held as prisoners of war, the sources added and reaffirmed that the troops refused to hand over the dead bodies to the families concerned.